The following procedures work with floating (floating object: A graphic or other object that is inserted in the drawing

layer so that you can position it precisely on the page or in front of or behind text or other objects.) drawing objects, but not with inline (inline object: A graphic or other object that is positioned directly in the text of a Microsoft Word document at the insertion point.) drawing objects. Do one of the following: Align drawing objects relative to each other, to a drawing canvas, or to the page

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Select the floating drawing objects (drawing object: Any graphic you draw or insert, which can be changed and enhanced. Drawing objects include AutoShapes, curves, lines, and WordArt.) you want to align. Do one of the following: To align floating objects relative to each other

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On the Drawing toolbar (toolbar: A bar with buttons and options that you use to carry out commands. To display a toolbar, press ALT and then SHIFT+F10.), click Draw. Point to Align or Distribute, and make sure that Relative to Page or Relative to Canvas is not selected. Select the alignment you want. To align floating objects relative to the drawing canvas

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To use this procedure, the objects must be on a drawing canvas (drawing canvas: An area on which you can draw multiple shapes. Because the shapes are contained within the drawing canvas, they can be moved and resized as a unit.).

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On the Drawing toolbar (toolbar: A bar with buttons and options that you use to carry out commands. To display a toolbar, press ALT and then SHIFT+F10.), click Draw. Point to Align or Distribute, and then select Relative to Canvas. Click Draw again, point to Align or Distribute, and then select the alignment you want. To align floating objects relative to the page

To use this procedure, the objects can not be on a drawing canvas, and you must be working in print layout view (print layout view: A view of a document or other object as it will appear when you print it. For example, items such as headers, footnotes, columns, and text boxes appear in their actual positions.).

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On the Drawing toolbar (toolbar: A bar with buttons and options that you use to carry out commands. To display a toolbar, press ALT and then SHIFT+F10.), click Draw. Point to Align or Distribute, and then select Relative to Page. Click Draw again, point to Align or Distribute, and then select the alignment you want.

Align floating drawing objects on a grid

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On the Drawing toolbar (toolbar: A bar with buttons and options that you use to carry out commands. To display a toolbar, press ALT and then SHIFT+F10.), click Draw, and then click Grid. Do one or both of the following:

To automatically align drawing

Shapes can be resized, rotated, flipped, colored, and combined to make more complex shapes. Many have an adjustment handle that you can use to change the most prominent feature of a shape for example, you can change the size of the point on an arrow.

The AutoShapes available on the Drawing toolbar include several categories of shapes: lines, connectors, basic shapes, flowchart elements, stars and banners, and callouts. More shapes can be found in the Clip Organizer as well.

You can add text to shapes. The text you add becomes part of the shape if you rotate or flip the shape, the text rotates or flips with it.

Text boxes can be treated as shapes. They are formatted in many of the same ways shapes are formatted, including adding colors, fills, and borders.

Add a shape

On the Drawing toolbar, click AutoShapes, point to a category, and then click the shape you want.

Click the place in the presentation where you want to insert the AutoShape.

Add multiple shapes

Show or hide drawing gridlines

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To display the Drawing toolbar (toolbar: A bar with buttons and options that you use to carry out commands. To display a toolbar, press ALT and then SHIFT+F10.), click Drawing toolbar. 2. 3. On the Drawing toolbar, click Draw, and then click Grid. Select or clear the Display gridlines on screen check box. on the Standard

4.Reshape a shape
5. Select the AutoShape (AutoShapes: A group of ready-made shapes that includes basic shapes, such as
rectangles and circles, plus a variety of lines and connectors, block arrows, flowchart symbols, stars and banners, and callouts.).

If the shape has a yellow adjustment handle (adjustment handle: A diamond-shaped handle used to adjust the appearance but not the size of most AutoShapes. For example, you can adjust a rounded rectangle to be more or less rounded.), it can be reshaped. Some shapes do not have adjustment handles and can only be resized.

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Position the mouse pointer over the yellow adjustment handle.

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Hold down the mouse button and drag the handle to change the shape.

Flip an object
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2. Select the AutoShape, picture, clip art, or WordArt that you want to flip. On the Drawing toolbar, click Draw, point to Rotate or Flip, and then click Flip Horizontal Vertical or Flip

Create a mirror image of an object

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2. 3. Click the AutoShape, picture, WordArt, or clip art you want to duplicate. Click Copy and then click Paste .

On the Drawing toolbar, click Draw, point to Rotate or Flip, and then click Flip Horizontal or Flip Vertical.

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Drag and position the duplicate object so that it mirrors the original object.

Note You may need to override the Snap-To-Grid option to position the object precisely. To do this, press ALT as you drag the object.

Apply the same height and width to different objects

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Select all objects (AutoShape (AutoShapes: A group of ready-made shapes that includes basic shapes, such as rectangles and circles, plus a variety of lines and connectors, block arrows, flowchart symbols, stars and banners, and callouts.), picture (picture: A file (such as a metafile) that you can ungroup and manipulate as two or more objects or a file that stays as a single object (such as bitmaps).), WordArt (WordArt: Text objects you create with ready-made effects to which you can apply additional formatting options.), or clip art (clip art: A single piece of ready-made art, often appearing as a bitmap or a combination of drawn shapes.)) that you want to have the same dimensions. 2. On the Format menu, click Object, AutoShape, Picture, WordArt, or Clip Art.

The Format menu item changes to reflect the types of objects you have selected.

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On the Size tab, click in the Height and Width boxes to type in the dimensions you want.